The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/1082
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

Section 2 Revenue support grant for 1998-99

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1998-99 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1998-99 shall be the amount determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Section 3 Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 1998-99

(1) The distributable amount of non-domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 1998-99 is £1,395,228,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1998-99 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(3) The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1998-99 shall be that part of the distributable amount for that year determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Section 4 Revenue support grant for 1997-98

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1997-98 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1997-98 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Section 5 Revocations

Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1997-98) are hereby revoked.